WoRMS taxon details
Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 126507
AphiaID: 126507
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gasterosteiformes (Order) > Gasterosteidae (Family) > Pungitius (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Pungitius Coste, 1848 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Gasteracanthus pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758) Gasterosteus blanchardi Sauvage, 1874 Gasterosteus concinnus Richardson, 1836 Gasterosteus dekayi Agassiz, 1850 Gasterosteus globiceps Sauvage, 1874 Gasterosteus mainensis Storer, 1837 Gasterosteus nebulosus Agassiz, 1850 Gasterosteus occidentalis Cuvier, 1829 Gasterosteus pungitius Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym) Gasterosteus pungitius brachypoda Bean, 1879 Pungitius pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758) Pygosteus pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym) Pygosteus pungitius brachypoda (Bean, 1879) Pygosteus pungitius carinata Bertin, 1925 Pygosteus pungitius semiarmata Bertin, 1925 Pygosteus pungitius trachura Bertin, 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 page(s): 296 [details] basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] basis of record (from synonym): Poll, M. (1945). Contribution à la connaissance de la faune ichtyologique du Bas-Escaut. Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 21(11): 1-32 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Pungitius pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies Pungitius pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869) accepted as Pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Baltic sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] British Columbia [details] British Isles [details] Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details] Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 67 [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Riga [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Hudson Bay [details] Hudson Strait [details] IJsselmeer (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] North East Baltic Sea [details] North East Pacific [details] North Pacific [details] North West Atlantic [details] North West Territories [details] Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Ungava Bay [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Westerschelde (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Wimereux [details] Zeeschelde [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Thersitina gasterostei (Pagenstecher, 1861) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Argulus canadensis Wilson C.B., 1916 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Ergasilus nerkae Roberts, 1963 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Ergasilus auritus Markevich, 1940 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (43 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (817 nucleotides; 302 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds on small invertebrates, aquatic insects and their own eggs and larvae [details] Distribution: Atlantic drainages across Canada to New Jersey [details] Habitat: Found in both fresh and salt waters, in shallow, vegetated areas. [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Importance: Social & Scientific- Subsistence fishery, dog food, oil source, laboratory animal for reproductive behavior studies [details] Predators: Kingfishers, mergansers, walleye, European eel [details] Reproduction: Move into freshwater to spawn in spring, male builds a nest of weeds on a mud bottom [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126507 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126507 on 2013-06-18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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